Match-safe.



L'. KOFOL.

- MATCH SAFE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2, 1917- Patented July 31; 1-917.

' LEOPOLD KOFOL, OF DETROIT,.1V.[IGHIGAN.

,MAToH-sAFn.

" To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEOPOLD KoFoL, a subject of the Emperor of Austria, residing at Detroit, in the county of lVayneandState of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Match-Safes, of

which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. 1 v

This invention relatesto a match safe or container, and my invention aims to provide a novel match safe wherein simple and effective means-are employed, in a manner as hereinafter set forth for positioning a match so that it may be withdrawn'from the match safe and in so doing the head of the" match ignited.

My invention further aims to provide a match safe having a delivery mechanism that is actuated each time a match is removed, to place another match in position to be withdrawn, and by causing each match to-be ignited as it is withdrawn, I aim to prevent matches "being removed from the safe exceptfor immediateuse, thus eliminating the nefarious practice of unscrupulous persons who appropriate as many matches as possible when the same are gratis.

My invention willbe hereinafter specifically described and then claimed, and reference will now be had to the drawings,

wherein Figure 1 1s a front elevatlon of a match safe,

Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of the match safe, partly broken away;

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional viewof the same;

Fig. 5 is a plan of the bottom plate forming part of the match safe, and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a portion of a match chute, or delivering spout.

In the drawings, 1 denotes a wall plate having the upper end thereof provided with an opening 2 so that said plate may be suspended from a wall nail or other support. Suitably connected to the side edges of the wall plate 1 is a casing having a front wall 3 and side walls 4, with the front wall 3 of less depth than the side walls 4 and all of said walls of less length than the wall plate 1, thus forming a rectangular structure or container that has the upper edge thereof open to receive matches 5 and of such cross Specification of LettersjPatent.

. Application filed February 2, 1917; Serial $0,146,060.

Fig. 2 a side elevation ofthe same, partly broken away, s

. Patented July 31, 1917.

sectional area that'the hand-of aperson cannot be inserted in the box of the container to 1 obtain matches in the lo'werpart thereof. Suitably connected to the lower edges of the side walls t-is ajbottom, plate 6 provided with aninclined chute or spout 7 having a central bifurcation or'slot 8 that permits of matches on the chute being easily gripped The chute is disposed at anangle relative to the front wall 3 and is in spaced relation to the lower end of said wall, so that the matches 5' within the container can be fed on tothe chute. Connecting the side walls 6k is an inclined partition 9 and it'is on this partition that the matches 5 are placed-t0; descend by 1 7 gravity to the lower edges of the partition of the front wall 3. The lower edge ofthe partition 9 is in spaced relation tothebottom plate 6, and slidable on said bottom: plate'is a feed plate 10, adapted to'be r'eciprocated thereon to release matches held within the container by theifront edge of said feed platen The feed plate is slotted, as at 11, and held in position byguide pins 12 connected by guide plates'lg Th f d plate-'10 is slotted or cut away, as at 1.4, with theslo-t angularly'disposed relative to the front edge of the feed plate. In slottingsaid feed plate, the material opera-ted upon to form the slot is struck-up to provideop: posed fianges 15 and operable between these flanges and in theslot 14 is an anti friction roller 16 carried by the lower end of an'arm 17 fulcrumed or pivotally held on a stud18 v carried by the bottom side of the inclined partition 9. Pivotally connected to the end" of the arm 17, asat 19, are links 20 and these links'extend through slots 21' in the lower 'endsof theside'walls l. A spring'22'connects the lower end-of the arm-17 to one of. l

the side walls 4 so as to hold the feed plate 10 normally-retracted, thus allowing'one'of the matches 5 to lodge between the lower edge of the front wall 3 and the front edge of the bottom plate 6, in position to be forced on to the'chute 7 when the feed plate 10 is actuated through the medium of th links 20.

Fulcrumed or pivotally mounted upon the chute 7, at the upper side edges thereof, as at 23, are converging gripping members 24:, said members having the upper ends thereof re-' duced andpivotally connected, as as 25, to the outer ends of the links 20. The gripping members 24 have the outer edges thereof. rolled or inturned, as at 26, and it is these outer edges of the members that hold said members in spaced relation to, the chute. 7:,

While the spring 22 retains the members 52A 7 in a closed position, presenting a somewhat V-shaped or tapering trough or spout into which matches may be sent. The rolled or inturned edges 26 are serrated or roughened,

as at 27, so that When Withdrawing a 'inatch f ee; he. h t nd from betw en the g ip- P s m b 21 t e. ad; he matc i l be ed y ing aga n t the serrateddge fq e of he. r pp ng m m rs 2 s. I he w ac o th g p ing m ebers 24; are provided with resilient members. or flat springs 28 adaptedto hold matches on he hut pa culate ahile h g ipp g emb 2 a epar ed,,.r

hich. urs en e upp r," endse sa d members are pressed toward the side walls 4 of t m eh coata er- As hi is complished the feed plate 10 places a match n th ch t a d unde th spring 7 2. When he g ipping emb rs. 2% a s me .1% a p s tion y a ing t e ppe ends th r of re ease a gripn nememhers a e t en in P Si O to ca s he ead Q mat h, b ing ignited as it is pulled from between said gripping members. The act of Withdrawing a m t h se th gripp ng memb r o he separated ,and in this manner-anothen match c chute, an inclined partition in said con! tainer, a feed plate on the bottom plate of id c n er p d d live matches on to the chute of said bottom plate, re-

silient members on the chute of-said bottom; pla ap 't empor ri y h d matches eagles at this patent, may be obtained for on said chute, and gripping members fulcrumed on the chute of said bottomplat'ei and articulated with said feed plate so'that Withdrawal of a match from said chute. causes said gripping members to be actuated and imparts movement to said feed plate.

2-. A match safe comprising a container, V V a. chute ca iriedthereby andadapted to r e- V ceive matches from said'container, resilient members on said chute. adapted to. tempoer he d math-h s g ipp ng m m r fut remai s, aid chute a dap ed r o' a se'i ma chm e enit d' h nvwithdra n rom aid hute. ands e ng me ha m. rri '65 by'said and ate by Said grip: Ping member adapted t f d matches on e id hu e, V r

3. A match safe coinprising a contai-nen n incline Pa t tion n said cq ta e s' a ottom Plat rried by aid con in r a Pre d d; th a att hats; g pin members. i hr ine o s chuteahd dane tohe ace-ma d y h th a f th metchfm n sa d ch nd a h m m l l au t e, mat h c e n te a feed lat on the bottom plate of said container adaptd t f ed mat h s aid c t d means carried by said inclined partition and aca d r ai shipp n m rs ap ed" V r mati g: aid, f e pla e h A mat a e wmnr s g a container, an inelined partition therein, a bottom plate carried by said QODJSaiRQLE and providing a hute, resi ien mem r n the u e of aid ottom Pla dapted to t mp y hold a match thereon, fulcrumed gripping members on said chute adapted to cause a match to be gn ted when ithd w r betwee a members, anda feeding mechanism actuated I V y; said gri p ng m mh t p a h on the chute of said bottom plate,v and in; lu i g a fe p ate. a fu um d m, n links connecting said arm to said gripping 7 mem r In testimony whereof I affix my signature I I in the presence of two Witnesses.

W tn sses: V

KARL BUTLER, CH R S Benz,

m.- n s y m ss-us the comm nt r r ms Washington, D. 0. r

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